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Image processing method and image processing apparatus

a technology of image processing and image processing apparatus, which is applied in the direction of electrical apparatus, instruments, computing, etc., can solve the problems of poor image quality in the boundary area and the inability to completely delete the desired part, and achieve the effect of high-quality image cutout and image deletion

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-09-27
CANON KK
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This method enables high-quality image cutout and deletion by excluding undesirable images, improving the image quality by selectively shading off the mask image, ensuring the selected area is accurately cut out or deleted without background remnants.

Problems solved by technology

If the periphery of the boundary part shades off in this state, the background image area extends, resulting in a poor image quality in the boundary area.
Hence, it is impossible to completely delete the desired part.

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first embodiment

[0042]FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of a window displayed on a display screen by an application that executes image processing according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, when the user initiates to execute the application, an image 208 to be cut out is displayed in a display window 201.

[0043]Referring to FIG. 2, reference numeral 202 denotes a check box to instruct the PC to shade off the boundary of the image; 203, an “add” tab; and 204, a “delete” tab. Addition processing and deletion processing indicated by these tabs are exclusively performed each other so that one of them is always active. Tool buttons 205 to 207 are used to select a way of setting a cutout or deletion area. The three buttons have an exclusive relationship between them so that one of them is always displayed in the selection window with a gray background.

[0044]Although not illustrated, when the “delete” tab 204 is active, the check box 202 and tool buttons 205 to 207 are displayed in the operat...

second embodiment

[0069]An example will be described in which the shade off method can be selected from a plurality of methods.

[0070]FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a window displayed on a display screen by an application that executes image processing according to the second embodiment. The same reference numerals as already described in the first embodiment denote the same constituent elements in FIG. 7, and a description thereof will be omitted.

[0071]Referring to FIG. 7, reference numeral 209 denotes a detail setup button capable of setting details of the shade off method.

[0072]FIG. 8 is a view showing a detail setup dialogue display window that is displayed by clicking on the detail setup button.

[0073]Referring to FIG. 8, reference numerals 801 to 804 denote shade off method selection buttons. These buttons are exclusively selectable. The “auto” shade off button 804 is selected by default. Auto shade off is the same as the shade off processing of the first embodiment. An OK button 806 dete...

third embodiment

[0083]An example will be described in which a mask image is treated not as transparency information but as a selected area for various kinds of image correction.

[0084]FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing shade off processing according to the third embodiment. The processing according to the third embodiment includes two steps, process area setting 1100 and correction parameter setting 1200.

[0085]In the first process area setting, the user sets a process area in step S1101.

[0086]FIG. 12 is a view showing a display window to cut out or delete an image. The user designates, on the PC, a process area for image cutout or deletion by using the display window, as described in the first embodiment. The user clicks on a “next” button 210. The process advances to step S1102 to generate a mask image.

[0087]This generation processing is the same as in the first and second embodiments.

[0088]The process advances to the correction parameter setting processing 1200. In step S1201, the user selects correct...

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Abstract

This invention relates to an image processing method and image processing apparatus for improving the image quality of the boundary part of an image cutout or deletion area. According to this method, an area specified by a user as a cutout or deletion target area is slightly reduced or enlarged to eliminate an undesirable background area. In image cutout, the cutout image side is shaded off. In image deletion, the background image side is shaded off. This increases the image quality at the joint between the boundary part of the cutout image and an image to be composited. The image quality between the remaining background image and the deletion part also improves.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to an image processing method and image processing apparatus. Particularly, the present invention relates to an image processing method and image processing apparatus which man-machine-interactively select a partial area of an image displayed on a screen and cut out or process the image in the selected area.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]In cutting out a part of an image displayed on a screen and compositing it with another image, a known technique is used to shade off the edge of the cutout area to suppress jaggy of the image edge. For example, Japanese Patent Publication Laid-Open No. 4-340671 proposes a technique of suppressing jaggy upon image composition by shading off both sides of the boundary of a mask image (by uniformly allocating the shade off inside and outside of the image).[0005]The technique of shading off the boundary part of a mask image in cutout image compos...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06K9/34
CPCH04N1/3872H04N1/3935
Inventor SANAMI, HIROYUKI
Owner CANON KK